MetaFilter posts tagged with marketing and microsoft

Sienfeld wants you to buy Vista, Shatner wants you to buy a Vic 20

Artw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:03 -0800

Celebrity computer endorsements throughout the ages.

Evangelicals in America

kliuless — Sun, 15 May 2005 09:46:39 -0800

Earthly Empires: How evangelical churches are borrowing from the business playbook - "The triumph of evangelical Christianity is profoundly reshaping many aspects of American politics and society... This year, the 16.4 million-member Southern Baptist Convention plans to 'plant' 1,800 new churches using by-the-book niche-marketing tactics. 'We have cowboy churches for people working on ranches, country music churches, even several motorcycle churches aimed at bikers', says Martin King, a spokesman for the Southern Baptists' North American Mission Board... Many of today's evangelicals hope to expand their clout even further. They're also gaining by taking their views into Corporate America. Exhibit A: the recent clash at software giant Microsoft."

Hall — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:01:16 -0800

Microsoft counters Mac's 'Switch' campaign using the testimony of an unnamed 'freelance writer' who seems to be all sorts of things, including a stock photography model.

tregoweth — Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:20:33 -0800

A garbage can full of lightbulbs? Does anyone else think that the newish picture of Bill Gates on his Web site is a bit...odd? At least Mr. Monopoly has moved away from the standard corporate publicity picture that's on his biography page, but still...